CREATE TABLE test(i INTEGER, j TIMESTAMP TIME INDEX); Affected Rows: 0 DESC TABLE test; +--------+----------------------+-----+------+---------+---------------+ | Column | Type | Key | Null | Default | Semantic Type | +--------+----------------------+-----+------+---------+---------------+ | i | Int32 | | YES | | FIELD | | j | TimestampMillisecond | PRI | NO | | TIMESTAMP | +--------+----------------------+-----+------+---------+---------------+ INSERT INTO test VALUES (1, 1), (2, 2); Affected Rows: 2 ALTER TABLE test ADD COLUMN k INTEGER; Affected Rows: 0 SELECT * FROM test; +---+-------------------------+---+ | i | j | k | +---+-------------------------+---+ | 1 | 1970-01-01T00:00:00.001 | | | 2 | 1970-01-01T00:00:00.002 | | +---+-------------------------+---+ DESC TABLE test; +--------+----------------------+-----+------+---------+---------------+ | Column | Type | Key | Null | Default | Semantic Type | +--------+----------------------+-----+------+---------+---------------+ | i | Int32 | | YES | | FIELD | | j | TimestampMillisecond | PRI | NO | | TIMESTAMP | | k | Int32 | | YES | | FIELD | +--------+----------------------+-----+------+---------+---------------+ ALTER TABLE test ADD COLUMN host STRING PRIMARY KEY; Affected Rows: 0 SELECT * FROM test; +---+-------------------------+---+------+ | i | j | k | host | +---+-------------------------+---+------+ | 1 | 1970-01-01T00:00:00.001 | | | | 2 | 1970-01-01T00:00:00.002 | | | +---+-------------------------+---+------+ DESC TABLE test; +--------+----------------------+-----+------+---------+---------------+ | Column | Type | Key | Null | Default | Semantic Type | +--------+----------------------+-----+------+---------+---------------+ | i | Int32 | | YES | | FIELD | | j | TimestampMillisecond | PRI | NO | | TIMESTAMP | | k | Int32 | | YES | | FIELD | | host | String | PRI | YES | | TAG | +--------+----------------------+-----+------+---------+---------------+ ALTER TABLE test ADD COLUMN idc STRING default 'idc' PRIMARY KEY; Affected Rows: 0 SELECT * FROM test; +---+-------------------------+---+------+-----+ | i | j | k | host | idc | +---+-------------------------+---+------+-----+ | 1 | 1970-01-01T00:00:00.001 | | | idc | | 2 | 1970-01-01T00:00:00.002 | | | idc | +---+-------------------------+---+------+-----+ DESC TABLE test; +--------+----------------------+-----+------+---------+---------------+ | Column | Type | Key | Null | Default | Semantic Type | +--------+----------------------+-----+------+---------+---------------+ | i | Int32 | | YES | | FIELD | | j | TimestampMillisecond | PRI | NO | | TIMESTAMP | | k | Int32 | | YES | | FIELD | | host | String | PRI | YES | | TAG | | idc | String | PRI | YES | idc | TAG | +--------+----------------------+-----+------+---------+---------------+ ALTER TABLE test ADD COLUMN "IdC" STRING default 'idc' PRIMARY KEY; Affected Rows: 0 DESC TABLE test; +--------+----------------------+-----+------+---------+---------------+ | Column | Type | Key | Null | Default | Semantic Type | +--------+----------------------+-----+------+---------+---------------+ | i | Int32 | | YES | | FIELD | | j | TimestampMillisecond | PRI | NO | | TIMESTAMP | | k | Int32 | | YES | | FIELD | | host | String | PRI | YES | | TAG | | idc | String | PRI | YES | idc | TAG | | IdC | String | PRI | YES | idc | TAG | +--------+----------------------+-----+------+---------+---------------+ DROP TABLE test; Affected Rows: 0